Francesco Affaba 1898 - 1945

Born 3.2.1898 in Salerano sul Lambro
Died 4.2.1945 in Gusen

Biography

Francesco Affaba, my paternal grandfather, was born in Salerano sul lambro, provincia di Lodi. He was incarcerated in San Vittore and then in Bergamo around 20 March 1944. He was deported to Mauthausen on 5 April 1944, where he arrived on 8 April 1944. He was registered in the KL under the number 61544, as Elektrosaeger. He was transferred to KL Gusen, where died on 4 February 1945. 

My grandfather had a sawmill and planted fields, but above all he produced wood for buildings and for heating, that in that year, 1943, was a precious resource due to the scarcity of fuels. He was not a partisan but an antifascist and, during the retreat of the nazi-fascisti to the north of Italy, the months between July and September 1943, he participated to public celebrations in his village. My father remembers that he threw a glass of wine on the photography of the Duce while his friend, Angelo Vanello, was transporting it on a tractor-driven cart around the country. For this reason, he seems to have been denounced to the fascist police. He was jailed in San Vittore in Milan, then in Bergamo, from where he was deported to Mauthausen together with Angelo Vanelli. They died in Gusen II on 4 and 5 February 1945.

Fabio Affaba, grandson

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